CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: SBF extradition pending, Binance.US to acquire Voyager’s assets

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The biggest quality successful the cryptoverse for Dec. 15 includes SBF being sent backmost to jailhouse and not extradited pursuing his latest hearing, Binance.US readying to get the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager, and much successful this CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

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SBF sent backmost to jailhouse contempt dropping combat against extradition

Crypto influencer Ben Bitboy Armstrong claimed that SBF was sent backmost to the Bahamas jailhouse aft his latest tribunal hearing, putting an extremity to extradition rumors.

Media reports earlier successful the time claimed that SBF was expected to beryllium extradited backmost to the U.S. connected Dec. 19. However, the proceeding seems to person taken a antithetic crook owed to a “mysterious event” that occurred implicit the play of Dec. 16, according to Armstrong.

Binance.US has agreed to get Voyager’s assets for $1.02B

Binance.US volition bargain assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digitals for $1.022 billion, according to a Dec. 19 property release.

According to the property statement, Voyager said Binance.US’ bid for its assets was the highest and the champion offer. The steadfast added that the bid “sets a wide way guardant for Voyager lawsuit funds to beryllium unlocked arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

The property connection revealed that the bankrupt lender’s crypto assets were valued astatine $1.002 billion, portion determination was an further information of $20 cardinal for incremental value.

Nigeria volition admit crypto arsenic an concern class

Nigeria lawmaker Babangida Ibrahim said that the state is acceptable to admit cryptocurrencies arsenic an concern people successful its projected investments and securities amendment bill, section Punch quality reports.

The amendment measure passed the 2nd proceeding volition let the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to admit cryptocurrency arsenic superior for investment.

Top 50 FTX creditors lone owed $114 cardinal successful claims retired of billions

Tthe largest unsecured assertion successful the FTX bankruptcy lawsuit amounts to $36.2 cardinal and nary of the apical 50 creditors are considered “insiders.”

The full sum allegedly owed to the apical 50 creditors is astir $114 million.

Given the billions of dollars of lawsuit funds allegedly traded betwixt FTX and Alameda, it is unclear arsenic to wherefore the Creditors database comes successful truthful debased successful comparison. FTX reportedly had implicit 5 cardinal users astatine its highest truthful the apical 50 Creditors marque up little than 1%.